HIGHER COLLEGES OF TECHNOLOGY ABU DHABI MEN’S COLLEGE CIS 2003 Assessment 4 – Group Project Programme Name: Bachelor Degree Course Code and Name: CIS 2003 Time Allowed: ( 3 Weeks ) Assessment Number: 4 LO/Goals Covered by this Assessment: 1‚2‚3‚4‚5 Special Instructions: Read the entire Project. No Outside Help is Allowed You are Not Permitted to work with anyone else‚ Inside or Outside the College on the Project‚ other than your fellow group members It must be the Groups Original
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Simulation game (Beer Distribution Game) to understand the actions of simple and widely use of this system in the Supply Chain Management (SCM). The Beer Game was developed in the 1960s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Sloan School of Management (Sterman‚1989; Senge‚1992)‚ it has been successful to attract the attention of SCM practitioners and academics. The layout of the Beer Distribution Game (BDG) is illustrated in figure 1 below. Figure 1 Beer Distribution Game Layout
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F-distribution: A continuous right-skewed statistical distribution also Known as Snedecor’s F distribution or the Fisher - Snedecor distribution ( After R.A. Fisher and George W. Snedecor)(2) which arises in the testing of whether two observed samples have the same variance. (1) Note that three of the most important distributions (namely the normal distribution‚ the t distribution‚ and the chi-square distribution) may be seen as special cases of the F distribution: (3) Example: We want to
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Karan negi 12.2 12.3 We use equation 2 to find out probability: F(t)=1 – e^-Lt 1-e^-(0.4167)(10) = 0.98 almost certainty. This shows that probability of another arrival in the next 10 minutes. Now we figure out how many customers actually arrive within those 10 minutes. If the mean is 0.4167‚ then 0.4167*10=4.2‚ and we can round that to 4. X-axis represents minutes (0-10) Y-axis represents number of people. We can conclude from this chart that the highest point with the most visitors
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insight has not only undermined the traditional view of vertical restraints‚ but also posed a challenge to economic theory. Why would manufacturers impose competition-reducing constraints (such as exclusive dealing‚ territorial exclusivity‚ selective distribution‚ etc.) on retailers if these increase the profits of retailers at the expense of manufacturers? The economic literature has studied this question extensively‚ and identified several efficiency reasons why manufacturers may want to guarantee downstream
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number of enterprises pay much more attention on choosing distribution channels. Keegan and Schlegelmich (2001) explained that distribution channel can be considered as the method which is used for enterprises putting products into the market for consumers to use. The traditional distribution channel goes from supplier‚ manufacturer‚ distributor‚ wholesaler and retailer (Frazier‚ 1999). Indirect and direct are two different types of distribution channels (Wilkinson‚ 2001). According to Silva (2008)‚
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Just-In-Time Distribution and Barilla SpA Anybody who knows something about business had heard the term Just-in-time (JIT) inventory. It involves producing only what is need‚ when it is needed. The principle of Just in time is to eliminate sources of manufacturing waste by getting the right quantity of raw materials and producing the right quantity of products in the right place at the right time.(1) In this way‚ manufactures receive parts and materials "just in time" to meet the day’s manufacturing
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The unequal distribution of wealth has always been a huge problem that has plagued society throughout the ages. As forms of governments of each nation have changed‚ the unequal distribution of wealth has remained a constant. Even in Communist countries‚ which were supposed to eliminate this problem by abolishing the private ownership of land‚ the unequal distribution of wealth was still a problem in their society. It is difficult for society as a whole to make advancements‚ because of the unequal
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distribution - channel strategy The following table describes the factors that influence the choice of distribution channel by a business: Influence | Comments | Market factors | An important market factor is "buyer behaviour"; how do buyer’s want to purchase the product? Do they prefer to buy from retailers‚ locally‚ via mail order or perhaps over the Internet? Another important factor is buyer needs for product information‚ installation and servicing. Which channels are best served to provide
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------------------------------------------------- Tourism and Travel Distribution: the Travel Agent’s Perspective By Dr Marion Bennett and Dr Dimitrios Buhalis‚ Centre for eTourism Research (CeTR)‚ School of Management‚ University of Surrey‚ Guildford Jan 2003 Summary The Internet has revolutionised the tourism industry and has generated a number of challenges and opportunities for all players. For travel agents‚ in particular‚ the Internet is changing the industry structure and consumer behaviour
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